--- a/cubicweb/devtools/test/unittest_devctl.py	Thu May 19 14:27:28 2016 +0200
+++ b/cubicweb/devtools/test/unittest_devctl.py	Thu May 19 14:57:41 2016 +0200
@@ -78,6 +78,22 @@
         self.assertEqual(retcode, 0,
                          msg=to_unicode(proc.stdout.read()))
 
+    def test_newcube_sdist(self):
+        """Ensure sdist can be built from a new cube"""
+        tmpdir = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix="temp-cwctl-newcube-sdist")
+        try:
+            newcube(tmpdir, 'foo')
+            projectdir = osp.join(tmpdir, 'cubicweb-foo')
+            cmd = [sys.executable, 'setup.py', 'sdist']
+            proc = Popen(cmd, stdout=PIPE, stderr=STDOUT, cwd=projectdir)
+            retcode = proc.wait()
+            stdout = to_unicode(proc.stdout.read())
+            self.assertEqual(retcode, 0, stdout)
+            distfpath = osp.join(projectdir, 'dist', 'cubicweb-foo-0.1.0.tar.gz')
+            self.assertTrue(osp.isfile(distfpath))
+        finally:
+            shutil.rmtree(tmpdir, ignore_errors=True)
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     from unittest import main

--- a/cubicweb/skeleton/setup.py	Thu May 19 14:27:28 2016 +0200
+++ /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
@@ -1,199 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-# pylint: disable=W0142,W0403,W0404,W0613,W0622,W0622,W0704,R0904,C0103,E0611
-#
-# copyright 2003-2016 LOGILAB S.A. (Paris, FRANCE), all rights reserved.
-# contact http://www.logilab.fr/ -- mailto:contact@logilab.fr
-#
-# This file is part of a CubicWeb cube.
-#
-# CubicWeb is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
-# terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free
-# Software Foundation, either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option)
-# any later version.
-#
-# CubicWeb is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
-# ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
-# FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more
-# details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
-# along with CubicWeb.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-"""Generic Setup script, takes package info from __pkginfo__.py file
-"""
-__docformat__ = "restructuredtext en"
-
-import os
-import sys
-import shutil
-from os.path import exists, join, dirname
-
-from setuptools import setup
-from setuptools.command import install_lib
-from distutils.command import install_data
-
-
-# load metadata from the __pkginfo__.py file so there is no risk of conflict
-# see https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/single_source_version.html
-base_dir = dirname(__file__)
-pkginfo = {}
-with open(join(base_dir, "__pkginfo__.py")) as f:
-    exec(f.read(), pkginfo)
-
-# get required metadatas
-modname = pkginfo['modname']
-version = pkginfo['version']
-license = pkginfo['license']
-description = pkginfo['description']
-web = pkginfo['web']
-author = pkginfo['author']
-author_email = pkginfo['author_email']
-classifiers = pkginfo['classifiers']
-
-with open(join(base_dir, 'README')) as f:
-    long_description = f.read()
-
-# get optional metadatas
-distname = pkginfo.get('distname', modname)
-scripts = pkginfo.get('scripts', ())
-include_dirs = pkginfo.get('include_dirs', ())
-data_files = pkginfo.get('data_files', None)
-ext_modules = pkginfo.get('ext_modules', None)
-dependency_links = pkginfo.get('dependency_links', ())
-
-requires = {}
-for entry in ("__depends__",):  # "__recommends__"):
-    requires.update(pkginfo.get(entry, {}))
-install_requires = [("%s %s" % (d, v and v or "")).strip()
-                    for d, v in requires.items()]
-
-BASE_BLACKLIST = ('CVS', '.svn', '.hg', '.git', 'debian', 'dist', 'build')
-IGNORED_EXTENSIONS = ('.pyc', '.pyo', '.elc', '~')
-
-
-def ensure_scripts(linux_scripts):
-    """
-    Creates the proper script names required for each platform
-    (taken from 4Suite)
-    """
-    from distutils import util
-    if util.get_platform()[:3] == 'win':
-        scripts_ = [script + '.bat' for script in linux_scripts]
-    else:
-        scripts_ = linux_scripts
-    return scripts_
-
-
-def export(from_dir, to_dir,
-           blacklist=BASE_BLACKLIST,
-           ignore_ext=IGNORED_EXTENSIONS,
-           verbose=True):
-    try:
-        os.mkdir(to_dir)
-    except OSError as ex:
-        # file exists ?
-        import errno
-        if ex.errno != errno.EEXIST:
-            raise
-    for dirpath, dirnames, filenames in os.walk(from_dir):
-        for norecurs in blacklist:
-            try:
-                dirnames.remove(norecurs)
-            except ValueError:
-                pass
-        for dir_name in dirnames:
-            dest = join(to_dir, dir_name)
-            if not exists(dest):
-                os.mkdir(dest)
-        for filename in filenames:
-            # don't include binary files
-            src = join(dirpath, filename)
-            dest = to_dir + src[len(from_dir):]
-            if filename[-4:] in ignore_ext:
-                continue
-            if filename[-1] == '~':
-                continue
-            if exists(dest):
-                os.remove(dest)
-            if verbose:
-                sys.stderr.write('%s -> %s\n' % (src, dest))
-            shutil.copy2(src, dest)
-
-
-class MyInstallLib(install_lib.install_lib):
-    """extend install_lib command to handle  package __init__.py and
-    include_dirs variable if necessary
-    """
-    def run(self):
-        """overridden from install_lib class"""
-        install_lib.install_lib.run(self)
-        # manually install included directories if any
-        if include_dirs:
-            base = modname
-            for directory in include_dirs:
-                dest = join(self.install_dir, base, directory)
-                export(directory, dest, verbose=False)
-
-
-# re-enable copying data files in sys.prefix
-old_install_data = install_data.install_data
-# overwrite InstallData to use sys.prefix instead of the egg directory
-class MyInstallData(old_install_data):
-    """A class that manages data files installation"""
-    def run(self):
-        _old_install_dir = self.install_dir
-        if self.install_dir.endswith('egg'):
-            self.install_dir = sys.prefix
-        old_install_data.run(self)
-        self.install_dir = _old_install_dir
-try:
-    # only if easy_install available
-    import setuptools.command.easy_install  # noqa
-    # monkey patch: Crack SandboxViolation verification
-    from setuptools.sandbox import DirectorySandbox as DS
-    old_ok = DS._ok
-
-    def _ok(self, path):
-        """Return True if ``path`` can be written during installation."""
-        out = old_ok(self, path)  # here for side effect from setuptools
-        realpath = os.path.normcase(os.path.realpath(path))
-        allowed_path = os.path.normcase(sys.prefix)
-        if realpath.startswith(allowed_path):
-            out = True
-        return out
-    DS._ok = _ok
-except ImportError:
-    pass
-
-
-def install(**kwargs):
-    """setup entry point"""
-    if '--force-manifest' in sys.argv:
-        sys.argv.remove('--force-manifest')
-    # install-layout option was introduced in 2.5.3-1~exp1
-    elif sys.version_info < (2, 5, 4) and '--install-layout=deb' in sys.argv:
-        sys.argv.remove('--install-layout=deb')
-    cmdclass = {'install_lib': MyInstallLib}
-    kwargs['install_requires'] = install_requires
-    kwargs['dependency_links'] = dependency_links
-    kwargs['zip_safe'] = False
-    cmdclass['install_data'] = MyInstallData
-
-    return setup(name=distname,
-                 version=version,
-                 license=license,
-                 description=description,
-                 long_description=long_description,
-                 author=author,
-                 author_email=author_email,
-                 url=web,
-                 scripts=ensure_scripts(scripts),
-                 data_files=data_files,
-                 ext_modules=ext_modules,
-                 cmdclass=cmdclass,
-                 classifiers=classifiers,
-                 **kwargs
-                 )
-
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    install()

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/cubicweb/skeleton/setup.py.tmpl	Thu May 19 14:57:41 2016 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,200 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# pylint: disable=W0142,W0403,W0404,W0613,W0622,W0622,W0704,R0904,C0103,E0611
+#
+# copyright 2003-2016 LOGILAB S.A. (Paris, FRANCE), all rights reserved.
+# contact http://www.logilab.fr/ -- mailto:contact@logilab.fr
+#
+# This file is part of a %(distname)s.
+#
+# CubicWeb is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
+# terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free
+# Software Foundation, either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option)
+# any later version.
+#
+# CubicWeb is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+# ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
+# FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more
+# details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# along with CubicWeb.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+"""Generic Setup script, takes package info from __pkginfo__.py file
+"""
+__docformat__ = "restructuredtext en"
+
+import os
+import sys
+import shutil
+from os.path import exists, join, dirname
+
+from setuptools import setup
+from setuptools.command import install_lib
+from distutils.command import install_data
+
+here = dirname(__file__)
+
+# load metadata from the __pkginfo__.py file so there is no risk of conflict
+# see https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/single_source_version.html
+pkginfo = join(here, 'cubicweb_%(cubename)s', '__pkginfo__.py')
+__pkginfo__ = {}
+with open(pkginfo) as f:
+    exec(f.read(), __pkginfo__)
+
+# get required metadatas
+modname = __pkginfo__['modname']
+version = __pkginfo__['version']
+license = __pkginfo__['license']
+description = __pkginfo__['description']
+web = __pkginfo__['web']
+author = __pkginfo__['author']
+author_email = __pkginfo__['author_email']
+classifiers = __pkginfo__['classifiers']
+
+with open(join(here, 'README')) as f:
+    long_description = f.read()
+
+# get optional metadatas
+distname = __pkginfo__.get('distname', modname)
+scripts = __pkginfo__.get('scripts', ())
+include_dirs = __pkginfo__.get('include_dirs', ())
+data_files = __pkginfo__.get('data_files', None)
+ext_modules = __pkginfo__.get('ext_modules', None)
+dependency_links = __pkginfo__.get('dependency_links', ())
+
+requires = {}
+for entry in ("__depends__",):  # "__recommends__"):
+    requires.update(__pkginfo__.get(entry, {}))
+install_requires = ["{0} {1}".format(d, v and v or "").strip()
+                    for d, v in requires.items()]
+
+BASE_BLACKLIST = ('CVS', '.svn', '.hg', '.git', 'debian', 'dist', 'build')
+IGNORED_EXTENSIONS = ('.pyc', '.pyo', '.elc', '~')
+
+
+def ensure_scripts(linux_scripts):
+    """
+    Creates the proper script names required for each platform
+    (taken from 4Suite)
+    """
+    from distutils import util
+    if util.get_platform()[:3] == 'win':
+        scripts_ = [script + '.bat' for script in linux_scripts]
+    else:
+        scripts_ = linux_scripts
+    return scripts_
+
+
+def export(from_dir, to_dir,
+           blacklist=BASE_BLACKLIST,
+           ignore_ext=IGNORED_EXTENSIONS,
+           verbose=True):
+    try:
+        os.mkdir(to_dir)
+    except OSError as ex:
+        # file exists ?
+        import errno
+        if ex.errno != errno.EEXIST:
+            raise
+    for dirpath, dirnames, filenames in os.walk(from_dir):
+        for norecurs in blacklist:
+            try:
+                dirnames.remove(norecurs)
+            except ValueError:
+                pass
+        for dir_name in dirnames:
+            dest = join(to_dir, dir_name)
+            if not exists(dest):
+                os.mkdir(dest)
+        for filename in filenames:
+            # don't include binary files
+            src = join(dirpath, filename)
+            dest = to_dir + src[len(from_dir):]
+            if filename[-4:] in ignore_ext:
+                continue
+            if filename[-1] == '~':
+                continue
+            if exists(dest):
+                os.remove(dest)
+            if verbose:
+                sys.stderr.write('{0} -> {1}\n'.format(src, dest))
+            shutil.copy2(src, dest)
+
+
+class MyInstallLib(install_lib.install_lib):
+    """extend install_lib command to handle  package __init__.py and
+    include_dirs variable if necessary
+    """
+    def run(self):
+        """overridden from install_lib class"""
+        install_lib.install_lib.run(self)
+        # manually install included directories if any
+        if include_dirs:
+            base = modname
+            for directory in include_dirs:
+                dest = join(self.install_dir, base, directory)
+                export(directory, dest, verbose=False)
+
+
+# re-enable copying data files in sys.prefix
+old_install_data = install_data.install_data
+# overwrite InstallData to use sys.prefix instead of the egg directory
+class MyInstallData(old_install_data):
+    """A class that manages data files installation"""
+    def run(self):
+        _old_install_dir = self.install_dir
+        if self.install_dir.endswith('egg'):
+            self.install_dir = sys.prefix
+        old_install_data.run(self)
+        self.install_dir = _old_install_dir
+try:
+    # only if easy_install available
+    import setuptools.command.easy_install  # noqa
+    # monkey patch: Crack SandboxViolation verification
+    from setuptools.sandbox import DirectorySandbox as DS
+    old_ok = DS._ok
+
+    def _ok(self, path):
+        """Return True if ``path`` can be written during installation."""
+        out = old_ok(self, path)  # here for side effect from setuptools
+        realpath = os.path.normcase(os.path.realpath(path))
+        allowed_path = os.path.normcase(sys.prefix)
+        if realpath.startswith(allowed_path):
+            out = True
+        return out
+    DS._ok = _ok
+except ImportError:
+    pass
+
+
+def install(**kwargs):
+    """setup entry point"""
+    if '--force-manifest' in sys.argv:
+        sys.argv.remove('--force-manifest')
+    # install-layout option was introduced in 2.5.3-1~exp1
+    elif sys.version_info < (2, 5, 4) and '--install-layout=deb' in sys.argv:
+        sys.argv.remove('--install-layout=deb')
+    cmdclass = {'install_lib': MyInstallLib}
+    kwargs['install_requires'] = install_requires
+    kwargs['dependency_links'] = dependency_links
+    kwargs['zip_safe'] = False
+    cmdclass['install_data'] = MyInstallData
+
+    return setup(name=distname,
+                 version=version,
+                 license=license,
+                 description=description,
+                 long_description=long_description,
+                 author=author,
+                 author_email=author_email,
+                 url=web,
+                 scripts=ensure_scripts(scripts),
+                 data_files=data_files,
+                 ext_modules=ext_modules,
+                 cmdclass=cmdclass,
+                 classifiers=classifiers,
+                 **kwargs
+                 )
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    install()